Emily’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Emily’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

Updated through here, and added the most recent prompts!

I agree with Sandra - I'd say if you're doing the anniversary list, you should be able to count it for that prompt.

THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM THE SUGGESTIONS THREAD

1. A book set during a revolution, revolt, or rebellion
Examples: American, French, Russian, Mexican, Haitian, Cuban, Iranian, Nicaraguan, Arab Spring, Easter Rising (Irish Rebellion), Rebellions of 1837-38 (Canada), Cultural Revolution (People’s Republic of China), Sexual revolution, Industrial Revolution. There are many, many more!

2. A book that has won an Alex Award
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Aw...
ALA Alex Award Winners: https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

3. A book with a common household object on the cover
Whatever you consider a household object counts! This amazing site has lists of cover pictures of many, many things, including lots of household objects: https://fictionophile.com/cover-love-...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

4. A book with zombies
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

5. A book with text partially obscured by the cover art
Subtle Examples:


More Obvious Examples:


6. A book that includes something mentioned in William Shakespeare's Sonnet #25
Let those who are in favour with their stars
Of public honour and proud titles boast,
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,
Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.
Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread
But as the marigold at the sun's eye,
And in themselves their pride lies buried,
For at a frown they in their glory die.
The painful warrior famoused for fight,
After a thousand victories once foil'd,
Is from the book of honour razed quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd:
Then happy I, that love and am beloved
Where I may not remove nor be removed.

For instance a book with: princes, victories, honor, sun, stars, leaves etc..

7. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy...
https://www.nps.gov/apis/learn/histor...

January: Great Spirit Moon / Wolf Moon
February: Sucker Moon / Snow Moon
March: Crusted Snow Moon / Worm Moon
April: Sugaring Moon / Pink Moon
May: Flower Moon / Milk Moon / Mother's Moon
June: Strawberry Moon / Planting Moon / Mead Moon
July: Halfway Through Summer Moon / Buck Moon
August: Blueberry Moon / Sturgeon Moon / Dispute Moon
September: Ricing Moon / Harvest Moon
October: Bright Leaves Moon / Hunter Moon
November: Icing Over Moon / Beaver Moon / Mourning Moon
December: Little Spirit Moon / Cold Moon

There are usually 13 full moons in a year, so by month isn't particularly accurate, but works for this purpose!

8. A book with a curmudgeon or grumpy character
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/list/sh...
https://www.thriftbooks.com/blog/7-bo...

9. A book that fits three other prompts on this list
A KIS option is to count "Reader’s choice" from the 2016 list and only fit your book to two other prompts.

Examples:
Translated novel from Asia, coastal setting, fantasy or sci-fi by a woman Kiki's Delivery Service
Art, music, etc., Irish author, secrets, lies, or deception The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best book of the month thread 2024, waves on the cover, reader’s choice from 2016 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Related to fire, title with ten or fewer letters, suggestion that didn’t make the list (set before 1900) Jane Eyre

10. A candidate for a prestigious literary award
A finalist, nominee, short list, or long list candidate
National or international
General or genre- specific

Examples:

Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
National Book Award
Man Booker Prize
International Booker Prize
PEN America Literary Awards
National book critics circle award
Women's Prize for Fiction
International Dublin Literary Award
Hugo Award
Nebula Award
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Costa Book Awards
John Newbery Medal
Asian American Literary Awards

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Mystery Writers of America. (2021). Edgar Awards. https://edgarawards.com/
National Book Critics Circle. (2021). Awards. https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/
National Book Foundation. (2021). National Book Awards. https://www.nationalbook.org/national...
Nobel Prize. (2021). Nobel Prize in Literature. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lit...
PEN/Faulkner Foundation. (2021). PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. https://www.penfaulkner.org/our-award...
Pulitzer Prizes. (2021). Fiction. https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. (2021). Nebula Awards. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/
The Booker Prizes. (2021). The Booker Prize. https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...
Women’s Prize for Fiction. (2021). Overview. https://womensprize.com/prizes/womens...
World Science Fiction Society. (2021). Hugo Awards. http://www.thehugoawards.org/

11. A Gothic book
Gothic Genre:
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/gothic
This genre includes Gothic horror, Gothic romance, Southern gothic, Modern gothic, classics like Bram Stoker's Dracula, and more.

Gothic nonfiction: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Examples include Histories, True Crime, Science vs Occult, Analytical books about Film Noir and Dark Storytelling, and others

14. A book related to one of the top ten cereals of all time
These are from https://www.salon.com/2023/03/22/the-... list but any list will do.

Fruity Pebbles - could use a book with fruit on the cover
Quaker Life - maybe a book about a Quaker romance
Frosted Mini-Wheats - Mini could be a book with a child in it
Froot Loops - what's a froot? Maybe a book with a made up word in the title
Lucky Charms - Perhaps a book with a lucky or charmed character
Cinnamon Toast Crunch - maybe a book with a wedding toast
Honey Bunches of Oats - you could read Mad Honey, because it is a good book.
Frosted Flakes - A snowy setting or a flakey character
Honey Nut Cheerios - A book about bees or with nuts on the cover
Cheerios - Hmmm not sure

It's now time to get ready to vote for our next set of prompts! The thread will be open for at least 24 hours before the poll gets posted. This is a good opportunity to ask any question you may have regarding the prompts, do some research, or ask for recommendations.

Voting will open in the morning of Sunday, October 6 and results will be posted in the morning of Thursday, October 10 (CST time).

How it works:
- When the voting opens, follow the link to the mini-poll that will be added at the end of this post
- You have a total of 8 votes this poll to spread across your favorite and least favorite prompts (you can also use less than 8 votes)
- You can find examples of acceptable voting practices on the Introduction thread.
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list

We are asking people to include their Goodreads profile address when they vote. To find this, just go to your own profile and then copy the URL/web address. If for some reason you can't link to your Goodreads profile, please post your full Goodreads name with enough identifiable information that we'll be able to access your profile.

Poll Prompts:
1. A book set during a revolution, revolt, or rebellion
2. A book that has won an Alex Award
3. A book with a common household object on the cover
4. A book with zombies
5. A book with text partially obscured by the cover art
6. A book that includes something mentioned in William Shakespeare's Sonnet #25
7. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
8. A book with a curmudgeon or grumpy character
9. A book that fits three other prompts on this list
10. A candidate for a prestigious literary award
11. A Gothic book
12. A book where you hope or expect to learn something new
13. A book you'd consider a comfort read
14. A book related to one of the top ten cereals of all time
15. A book with a trial

Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.

VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/JZE1M5WMFvvhTYYJ8

Pamela, I've counted your second towards cereal.

CLOSED

2 spots remaining!

Second the comfort read

5 SPOTS REMAINING

Kathy wrote: "I'll second something from Shakespeare's Sonnet #25"

Kathy you can suggest or second something else - Harini beat you to it.

Hey LeahS, those links are broken. Please copy the entire link address and post them!

I'll fix it, Dixie!

Thanks Jennifer, please make a new post (rather than editing that one) when you add the resources to make sure I catch them.

Suggestions are open for Poll 17!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

It's time for our next round of suggestions!

Just a reminder that you can find a full list of prompts already on the 2025 list in the third post on this thread.

How Suggestions Work:
- The topics for the 2025 reading challenge list will be determined by a series of mini-polls, the number of which depends on the number of prompts winning in each mini-polls
- Suggestions for each poll will be opened until 15 suggestions are received and “seconded”.
- The voting thread will open the day after suggestions go live. You can find the schedule here.

Rules:
- Each member can only suggest OR second one prompt
- Suggestions close after 15 total seconded prompts

When suggesting and seconding, feel free to provide examples and descriptions that may help other members understand the prompt better. These descriptions and examples will be copied over to the voting thread for further discussion.

As always, please express any and all feedback (respectfully, of course), either here or in The Wild Discussion.


Moving on to Voting:
1. A book set during a revolution, revolt, or rebellion
2. A book that has won an Alex Award
3. A book with a common household object on the cover
4. A book with zombies
5. A book with text partially obscured by the cover art
6. A book that includes something mentioned in William Shakespeare's Sonnet #25
7. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
8. A book with a curmudgeon or grumpy character
9. A book that fits three other prompts on this list
10. A candidate for a prestigious literary award
11. A Gothic book
12. A book where you hope or expect to learn something new
13. A book you'd consider a comfort read
14. A book related to one of the top ten cereals of all time
15. A book with a trial

To Be Seconded:
- A book with a 2 and/or 5 in the ISBN number
- A book with a touch of science

Hahaha about to open it up!

To clarify, I personally don't want author prompts, but mod Emily is allowing them. You can definitely still suggest them.

Will open suggestions closer to 12:30-12:45! Sorry! Toddlers!

To be transparent, I did reword/reorder the categories this year, so you can't really compare it to last year (as in, last year's prompts in "Other" would likely fit this year's categories more... I'm assuming, I haven't looked). The goal was to have less prompts designated as "Other".

I'll definitely be downvoting all author prompts - it's getting difficult for me to space them out well in our final list lol. I'd like to see a few more lists (always! haha). But at this point, I'm just looking forward to wrapping up the voting and moving on to the planning.

There's also "related to fire", which is wide open on how you interpret it.

The problem with a poll where there's so many good options is that there's too many good options and the voting gets split haha.